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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>The Federation Sim Fleet is one of the largest role-playing groups on the internet with a proud history of offering quality gaming across a variety of genres and platforms.  

If you have questions or comments, you can post them here or send them to commdir@sb254.com.</description><title>The Watercooler</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @fsfwatercooler)</generator><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/</link><item><title>Congrats to Star Trek: Andromeda on their SOTM win!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxl7mtDKcI1qbzoj1o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congrats to Star Trek: Andromeda on their SOTM win!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/15619321421</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/15619321421</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:44:53 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy Belated Holidays!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;FSF wishes everyone a happy holiday season :)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/14820123440</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/14820123440</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:08:20 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Commander's Table Update!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Be sure to check out the excellent submission to the Commander’s Table by FSF Bourne! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read the entire story here:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fsfcommanderstable.tumblr.com/post/13879815138/memories" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://fsfcommanderstable.tumblr.com/post/13879815138/memories" target="_blank"&gt;http://fsfcommanderstable.tumblr.com/post/13879815138/memories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13879904437</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13879904437</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:29:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>November Posting Awards</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Winners of the monthly contests have been announced:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Award&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="http://sims.sb254.com/firewall/" target="_blank"&gt;USS Firewall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fleet Activity Award&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;a href="http://fleets.sb254.com/delta/" target="_blank"&gt;Delta Fleet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Game Summary&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="http://sims.sb254.com/vastitude/" target="_blank"&gt;USS Vastitude&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the winners!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13879509710</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13879509710</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:16:40 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Congratulations to Star Trek: Aquarius on December Sim of the...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvld6uL5vy1qbzoj1o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to Star Trek: Aquarius on December Sim of the Month!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13642473561</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13642473561</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:37:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy Thanksgiving!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The FSF would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13209744108</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/13209744108</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:31:31 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Tournament of Sims Award Winners</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Three simulations from FSF placed in this year’s Tournament of Simulations competition, held annually by the &lt;a href="http://www.simmingleague.com" target="_blank"&gt;Simming League&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://starwars-paragon.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Paragon&lt;/a&gt; (Best Star Wars Sim - chat based), the &lt;a href="http://sims.sb254.com/providence" target="_blank"&gt;USS Providence&lt;/a&gt;  (Best Crew - chat based) and guild sim &lt;a href="http://guilds.sb254.com/eternity/" target="_blank"&gt;USS Eternity&lt;/a&gt; (Most Creative Sim — PBEM).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The full list of winners for 2011 can be &lt;a href="http://www.simmingleague.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tournament_of_Simulations" target="_blank"&gt;found here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the hosts and crew of all three simulations!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/12932979288</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/12932979288</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:33:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>October Awards</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Winners of the monthly contests have been announced:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Award&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.trekandromeda.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Star Trek: Andromeda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fleet Activity Award&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;a href="http://fleets.sb254.com/delta/" target="_blank"&gt;Delta Fleet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Game Summary&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="http://starwars-paragon.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Star Wars: Paragon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guild of the Quarter&lt;/strong&gt;:Shayz’renth and Beyond&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the winners!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: Winners of the previous months were announced with the wrong ‘month’&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/12932870539</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/12932870539</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:30:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Congrats to Charmed: Coven of the Moon on winning SOTM for...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lutkr3WvAY1qbzoj1o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congrats to Charmed: Coven of the Moon on winning SOTM for November 2011. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/12932810996</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/12932810996</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:28:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Congrats to Exeter for winning October SOTM!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lslwe8xQK51qbzoj1o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congrats to Exeter for winning October SOTM!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/11067338385</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/11067338385</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:51:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Relaunched Sim: Firefly: Objects in Space</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The ‘Verse was shaken by the news of what happened on Miranda, rebellion was coming, the Brown Coats began to rise again. The Alliance did every thing they could to prevent the uprising, but nothing the tried worked. When it looked like war was avoidable the fates themselves stepped in and stopped it. A great plague spread across the ‘Verse attacking colonies rich and poor. The death toll continued to rise as the plague continued to grow unchecked. The Alliance throwing their vast resources behind the effort of fighting the plague was able to find a cure before all was lost, and the vicious plague disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. The Alliance was once again the stable rulers of the ‘Verse, the events of Miranda forgotten or forgiven as a new found peace followed the vicious plague. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Outside of the public eye there were some that didn’t take the tales at face value, they felt that something was inherently wrong with they way things happened, at the timing and the eventual result. They strive to discover the truth behind the events of the plague, feeling that the Alliance still had not paid for the crimes they had brought unto humanity. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; So the ‘Verse continues forward in a state of calm, but every calm only precedes a storm.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Firefly: Objects in Space is a Board Based SIM in Space Fleet, it has returned to activity after a long hiatus and is looking for new crew.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have any interest or questions feel free to contact the hosts FSF Who or Adm Calhoun.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/10442844331</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/10442844331</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:00:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Congrats to Akira on SOTM!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrttftzCuN1qbzoj1o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congrats to Akira on SOTM!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/10442736644</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/10442736644</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:55:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>September Awards, Congratulations to the winners!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Winners of the monthly contests have been announced:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/communityaward/2011-09.png" target="_blank"&gt;Community Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://sims.sb254.com/Firewall/"&gt;USS Firewall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/fleetactivityaward/2011-09.png" target="_blank"&gt;Fleet Activity Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://fleets.sb254.com/delta/"&gt;Delta Fleet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/simofthemonth/2011-08.png" target="_blank"&gt;Simulation of the Month&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://sims.sb254.com/akira/"&gt;USS Akira&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guild of the Quarter&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="http://guilds.sb254.com/shayzrenth/" target="_blank"&gt;Shayz’renth and Beyond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the winners!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/10442718733</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/10442718733</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:54:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuni Awards Coming Up Soon</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Don’t forget! The Shuni Awards will be &lt;strong&gt;tomorrow night&lt;/strong&gt; at 8:30 PM EST on the FSF IRC. We look forward to seeing you there!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8780028460</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8780028460</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:33:36 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>August Awards</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Winners of the monthly contests have been announced:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/communityaward/2011-06.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Award&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a title="USS Akira" target="_blank" href="http://sims.sb254.com/akira/"&gt;USS Akira&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/fleetactivityaward/2011-06.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fleet Activity Award&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://fleets.sb254.com/delta/"&gt;Delta Fleet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/simofthemonth/2011-07.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simulation of the Month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://sims.sb254.com/sg10/"&gt;SG-10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guild of the Quarter&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://guilds.sb254.com/shayzrenth/"&gt;Shayz’renth and Beyond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the winners!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8779514016</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8779514016</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:13:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Congrats to SG-10 on August Sim of the Month!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp94flOZgA1qbzoj1o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congrats to SG-10 on August Sim of the Month!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8339423228</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8339423228</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:35:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuni Awards' Date Changed</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The Shuni Awards ceremony has been postponed to the 12th of August. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please re-mark your calendars, and we hope you can join us on this great night.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The nominations thread will remain open till the 6th of August.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8043541673</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/8043541673</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:04:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuni Award's Date Announced</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Prepare yourself! The final date for the Shuni Awards Ceremony has been set for August 5, 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We invite everyone to join us in this evening of celebration, where awards will be given to FSF Members, Host and Simulations, in different categories about events that have occurred in this passing year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ceremony will begin at 8:30PM EST, pre-ceremony events will be  announced soon!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mark your calendars and be sure to join us in the most shiny night the FSF has ever experienced, as we reveal the results of the Shuni Awards 2011!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nominations threads for the awards will remain open till Sunday, July  31st. Be sure to check them here: &lt;a href="http://forums.sb254.com/viewforum.php?f=514" target="_blank"&gt;http://forums.sb254.com/viewforum.php?f=514&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/7885250452</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/7885250452</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:27:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Congratulations to Indy on SOTM!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lon1b4tAaK1qbzoj1o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to Indy on SOTM!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/7845252035</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/7845252035</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:21:04 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>July Awards</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Winners of the monthly contests have been announced:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/communityaward/2011-06.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Award&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://http://www.trekandromeda.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Star Trek: Andromeda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/fleetactivityaward/2011-06.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fleet Activity Award&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://fleets.sb254.com/delta/" target="_blank"&gt;Delta Fleet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sb254.com/images/simofthemonth/2011-07.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simulation of the Month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://sims.sb254.com/independence/" target="_blank"&gt;USS Independence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guild of the Quarter&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="http://guilds.sb254.com/shayzrenth/" target="_blank"&gt;Shayz’renth and Beyond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the winners!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/7845231556</link><guid>http://watercooler.sb254.com/post/7845231556</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:20:00 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

